Music information retrieval using a 3D search algorithm

Patent 7488886 Issued on February 10, 2009. Estimated Expiration Date:

November 9, 2026. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor

Kemp, Thomas

Assignee

Sony Deutschland GmbH

Application

No. 11558301 filed on 11/09/2006

US Classes:

84/609Note sequence

Examiners

Primary: Donels, Jeffrey

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Oblon, Spivak, McClelland, maier & Neustadt, P.C.

International Classes

A63H 5/00
G04B 13/00
G10H 7/00

Abstract

A music information retrieval system and method that involve a query-by-humming (QbH) database system for processing queries in the form of analog audio sequences which encompass recorded parts of sung, hummed or whistled tunes, recorded parts of a melody played on a musical instrument or a speaker's recorded voice articulating at least one part of a song's lyrics to retrieve textual background information about a musical piece whose score is stored in an integrated database of said system after having analyzed and recognized said melody.

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